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they were both in dagestan last year. according to police, he ran a training camp in the woods and made these videos demonstrating how to make and prepare homemade explosives or use a cell phone as a detonator. and, says the local police chief, the militants trained foreigners. >> what did the foreigners learn? >> i can't talk about the number of foreigners, but they met to exchange their banded experience. >> he says the mill tants trained men who live in other countries. >> there are reports that dujan was observed at the mosque and he was observed meeting tsarnaev. do you know this? >> translator: i really can't answer this. for different reasons, i can't answer. you understand me? >> did abudujan and tamerlan meet? we don't know. this past december, they were killed when russian special forces hit their hideout. >> maybe he's a hero, the brother, maybe he isn't. but tamerlan watches these videos and then this individual gets killed. now, logic would tell you, who would you be mad at? runners in the boston marathon? wh
they were both in dagestan last year. according to police, he ran a training camp in the woods and made these videos demonstrating how to make and prepare homemade explosives or use a cell phone as a detonator. and, says the local police chief, the militants trained foreigners. >> what did the foreigners learn? >> i can't talk about the number of foreigners, but they met to exchange their banded experience. >> he says the mill tants trained men who live in other countries....
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he made his way to dagestan, a rigs republic next to his family's homeland now also a part of russia. >> he could radiate light and warmth. >> his extended family in dagestan welcomed him warmly. >> translator: he smiled a lot. and i asked him, is this your customary american smile? he was more of an american. >> much of what tamerlan tsarnaev did here remain as miss terrorist we know he stayed for some weeks here at his parents' home keeping mostly to family and friends, helping his father out in his businesses around town, and often sleeping in. the tsarnaev family is part of the chechen community here, like many other chechens displaced from their homeland. after the second world war, tens of thousands chechens paerished in a massive slaughter ordered by josef stalin. dzhokhar was born and given the name of a chechen leader. >> it's a sure sign of chechen patriotism in the family that in 1993 they called their little son after the pro independence president. >> but chechen independence wouldn't last. another war with russia would kill thousands and chechen extremists would wage a c
he made his way to dagestan, a rigs republic next to his family's homeland now also a part of russia. >> he could radiate light and warmth. >> his extended family in dagestan welcomed him warmly. >> translator: he smiled a lot. and i asked him, is this your customary american smile? he was more of an american. >> much of what tamerlan tsarnaev did here remain as miss terrorist we know he stayed for some weeks here at his parents' home keeping mostly to family and...
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and dagestan officials earlier in the week. nick paton walsh is in the tsarnaev hometown right now. you met and talked to both the mother and father this week, do we know where they went? >> we know they were pretty anxious to retain their privacy after what's obviously been a very difficult week, a lot of media here and on top of that the accusations against both of their sons and investigation by the fbi and russian security. we have though made our own journey to look into the past of this particular family. and being inside the town chechnya, the war-torn the heart of all the volatility of this region and being to the hometown of tsarnaev family there. heading into chechnya you feel the weight of two brutal wars. for an independence moscow would never allow. its ruins rebuilt over the only upside of the kremlin's heavy hand, the tsarnaev's family identity was forged here. we found their hometown and what's left of the family home. in its ruins lie the brutalized past the brothers must have grown up with. tamerlan fled this
and dagestan officials earlier in the week. nick paton walsh is in the tsarnaev hometown right now. you met and talked to both the mother and father this week, do we know where they went? >> we know they were pretty anxious to retain their privacy after what's obviously been a very difficult week, a lot of media here and on top of that the accusations against both of their sons and investigation by the fbi and russian security. we have though made our own journey to look into the past of...
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the 19-years-old college student was planning to return to dagestan last summer, arriving just as older brother tamerlan was returning from a six month stay there. my pass woport is not going to e in time. she needs to chill out. i'll find my own honey. tsarnaev take as train to washington d.c. complaining about a noisy child. saying new york looks dirty from afar, but zoom in and it gets real dirty. new york is so ratchet on black friday, it's ridiculous. i'm to bed soon. religion seems to be of growing importance over the last year. quote, brothers at the mosque either think i'm a convert or i'm from algeria or syria. on another occasion he shares, spent the day with this jamaican muslim convert. my religion is truth. other tweets are of interest to investigators. i will die young. several months later in august, boston marathon isn't good place to smoke. in january of this year, quote, i got those brothers that i'd take a bullet for in the leg or shoulder or something, nothing fatal though. quote, if you have the knowledge and the inspiration, all that is left is to take action. >> r
the 19-years-old college student was planning to return to dagestan last summer, arriving just as older brother tamerlan was returning from a six month stay there. my pass woport is not going to e in time. she needs to chill out. i'll find my own honey. tsarnaev take as train to washington d.c. complaining about a noisy child. saying new york looks dirty from afar, but zoom in and it gets real dirty. new york is so ratchet on black friday, it's ridiculous. i'm to bed soon. religion seems to be...
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abu dijan and tamerlan were both in dagestan last year. according to dagestani police abu dijan's group ran a training camp in the woods and made these videos, demonstrating how to mix and prepare homemade explosives or use cell phones as a detonator. and says the local police chief, the militants trained foreigners. >> what did the foreigners learn in the woods? >> translator: i can't talk about the number of foreigners, but they met to exchange their bandit experience. >> reporter: he says the militants trained chechen men who live in other countries. >> there are reports that dujan was observed at the mosque and he was observed meeting tsarnaev. do you know this? >> translator: i really can't answer this. for different reasons i can't answer. do you understand me? >> reporter: did abu dujan and tamerlan meet? we don't know. this past december abu dujan and other militants were killed when russian special forces hit their hideout. >> maybe he's a hero of the brother. maybe he isn't. but tamerlan watches these videos, and then this indivi
abu dijan and tamerlan were both in dagestan last year. according to dagestani police abu dijan's group ran a training camp in the woods and made these videos, demonstrating how to mix and prepare homemade explosives or use cell phones as a detonator. and says the local police chief, the militants trained foreigners. >> what did the foreigners learn in the woods? >> translator: i can't talk about the number of foreigners, but they met to exchange their bandit experience. >>...
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he made his way to dagestan, a russian republic, next to his family's ancestral homeland chechnya, today also a part of russia. >> translator: he could radiate light and warmth. >> his extended family in dagestan welcomed him warmly. >> he smiled a lot, and i asked him is this your customary american smile? he was more of an american. >> much of what tamerlan tsarnaev did here remains a mystery. we know he stayed for some weeks here at his parent's home, keeping mostly to family and friends, helping his father out in his businesses around town and often sleeping in. the tsarnaev family is part of the chechen community here. like many other chechens displaced from their homeland. after the second world war, tens of thousands of chechens perished in a mass deportation order by josef stalin. in the 1990s, chechens fought and won a bloody war for independence from russia. it was during this violence that the younger tsarnaev brother dzhokhar was born and given the name of a chechen leader. >> it's a sure side of chechen patriotism in the family that in 1939 they called their little son dzhok
he made his way to dagestan, a russian republic, next to his family's ancestral homeland chechnya, today also a part of russia. >> translator: he could radiate light and warmth. >> his extended family in dagestan welcomed him warmly. >> he smiled a lot, and i asked him is this your customary american smile? he was more of an american. >> much of what tamerlan tsarnaev did here remains a mystery. we know he stayed for some weeks here at his parent's home, keeping mostly...
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so they had something very specific on the ground in chechnya or dagestan. i would be very interested to know what that was, what group he was associated with, was he going to training camps. and i completely agree, there is no explanation for going to dagestan for six months. if you've ever been there, it's not a kind of place you would take vacation. you know, it's a place where you would run into militants, and somebody like him who had converted himself to militant islam would go out and look for them. what do the russians know, who did he see? remember, zawahiri was there, was arrested. zacarias how sawy was there, and more than that go for military experience. my question is that where he got his, if he did have some. >> right. tom fuentes formerly with the fbi, your sources tell cnn the information the russians provided was extremely thin. but that said, the russians were right, this guy was apparently up to no good. how did he slip through the cracks? >> we still don't know what no good he was up to. he was reported, investigated here to the extent h
so they had something very specific on the ground in chechnya or dagestan. i would be very interested to know what that was, what group he was associated with, was he going to training camps. and i completely agree, there is no explanation for going to dagestan for six months. if you've ever been there, it's not a kind of place you would take vacation. you know, it's a place where you would run into militants, and somebody like him who had converted himself to militant islam would go out and...
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let me bring back nick in dagestan. by what you're hearing on the ground, is russia looking into possible connections between this militant? we'll put a picture up. abu dujon and tamerlan tsarnaev the 26-year-old, dead, alleged bomber in boston? >> russian officials, the fsb in moscow i spoke with have no comment thon case at all. that has been the case for quite sometime. that policeman we spoke to earlier on i put the question straight to him. he told us abu dujon went to this islamist mosque in the heart of the city several times, met other people the police considered extremists and of course we have heard from people around here it's entirely possible tamerlan tsarnaev may also have been to that mosque. we don't have concrete proof that the two men met at this point but the piece of the jigsaw are beginning to overlap at this point. it is entirely possible of course the opportunity was there. we just don't know if it was seized upon, wolf. >> so, peter, let's look ahead a little bit. the coming days. do you anticip
let me bring back nick in dagestan. by what you're hearing on the ground, is russia looking into possible connections between this militant? we'll put a picture up. abu dujon and tamerlan tsarnaev the 26-year-old, dead, alleged bomber in boston? >> russian officials, the fsb in moscow i spoke with have no comment thon case at all. that has been the case for quite sometime. that policeman we spoke to earlier on i put the question straight to him. he told us abu dujon went to this islamist...
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they trace them not only to dagestan but also to chechnya. our nick paton walsh went to chechnya today. >> reporter: heading into chechnya you feel the weight of two brutal wars. for an independence moscow would never allow. its ruins rebuilt over the only upside of the kremlin's heavy hand. the tsarnaev family's identity was forged here. we found their hometown, what's left of the family home. in its ruins lie the brutalized past the brothers must have grown up with. tamerlan fled this town when he was about 11 before the second war began and this street was bombed. it's hard to be a chechen without a tie to your homeland. and these ruins bombed out in the first chechen war are what's left of the family home of the father to the alleged boston bombers. their great uncle remembers a devoutly religious tamerlan from last year but also them as children. >> translator: they were this big, but i didn't see them after that. and they weren't involved in that crazy stuff. >> reporter: i show him tamerlan's picture from online. >> translator: that's
they trace them not only to dagestan but also to chechnya. our nick paton walsh went to chechnya today. >> reporter: heading into chechnya you feel the weight of two brutal wars. for an independence moscow would never allow. its ruins rebuilt over the only upside of the kremlin's heavy hand. the tsarnaev family's identity was forged here. we found their hometown, what's left of the family home. in its ruins lie the brutalized past the brothers must have grown up with. tamerlan fled this...
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we have been waiting outside his apartment in dagestan. he drove past twice, but eventually stopped. it does appear the now deceased boston alleged bomber lived for six months last year. we went up to his car while he stopped and asked him a couple of questions. >> cnn. i'm so sorry. we just wanted to hear your story, that was all. it's a very difficult time for you. we just want to give you the chance to tell people how you feel about this. we don't really have a chance to properly hear all you have to say about the terrible circumstances you're in. your sons didn't do this? are you going to america? when will you leave? you will forgive me, sir. it's a difficult time, i'm just trying to do my job here. i understand. when was the last time you spoke to them? have you been in touch with the special services here? what do they have to say to you? okay, i understand. deeply uncomfortable there you can see a little angry in many ways facing those impossible questions about his sons and a situation that no parent could even really possibly ima
we have been waiting outside his apartment in dagestan. he drove past twice, but eventually stopped. it does appear the now deceased boston alleged bomber lived for six months last year. we went up to his car while he stopped and asked him a couple of questions. >> cnn. i'm so sorry. we just wanted to hear your story, that was all. it's a very difficult time for you. we just want to give you the chance to tell people how you feel about this. we don't really have a chance to properly hear...
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russian forces killed him last december in dagestan. dagestani police have revealed to cnn this small-time militant ran training camps for bomb-making that foreigners came to. police gave us images of his group training in the woods. this one explains how to mix and prepare homemade explosives almost anywhere. and the group's pictures suggest they learned to use a mobile phone as a debtonater. >> translator: we do not have audio or visual confirmation, but we have information confirming that he met with foreigners. there are dagestanis who come here to meet in their historical mother land whose roots are here. >> reporter: could that have included americans? >> translator: it's entirely possible. but i know there were arabs and turks among them. but whether there were americans, i don't know. >> reporter: the police chief told us that abu dujan was observed coming here to this islamic mosque behind me which itself denies any links to extremism. it is possible, though, that tamerlan tsarnaev last year also prayed here. >> translator: of
russian forces killed him last december in dagestan. dagestani police have revealed to cnn this small-time militant ran training camps for bomb-making that foreigners came to. police gave us images of his group training in the woods. this one explains how to mix and prepare homemade explosives almost anywhere. and the group's pictures suggest they learned to use a mobile phone as a debtonater. >> translator: we do not have audio or visual confirmation, but we have information confirming...
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the neighboring russian republic region of dagestan, where the father of the two brothers is living, is also having a problem with insurgency, with deaths being reported, killings, assassinations every month. this is an area that has a long legacy of violence. that said, the youngest of the two brothers, dzhokhar, he is believed to have come to america when he was 8 years old. he is not believed to have seen some of these awful things first hand. now, the older brother, we heard from a federal official, speaking to cnn, was 20 years old when he moved to the u.s., around 2004, he may have seen more. if you go to his -- what is believed to be his youtube account, for example, anderson, it is full of really links -- many of them to chechen nationalist causes and also islamist videos and causes, many of them in russian, and some of them he's actually writing in latin letters in russian making messages to other people. it did seem that he had become a devout muslim and was very concerned about muslim causes. we don't know about the younger brother who is still alive, if you follow his twi
the neighboring russian republic region of dagestan, where the father of the two brothers is living, is also having a problem with insurgency, with deaths being reported, killings, assassinations every month. this is an area that has a long legacy of violence. that said, the youngest of the two brothers, dzhokhar, he is believed to have come to america when he was 8 years old. he is not believed to have seen some of these awful things first hand. now, the older brother, we heard from a federal...
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and everything responsible, however this suspected radical islamist is able to go back to russia and dagestan without the fbi or cia being made aware of it even though homeland security was. i wonder if you want to comment on what senator lindsey graham is suggesting. this is a pretty blunt indictment of the obama administration's handling of these guys, these tsarnaev brothers in boston. >> i think senator graham raises very legitimate questions that require in my view congressional hearings. i've written a letter to senator carper, chairman of the homeland security committee asking for hearings on this. why is it that he left the country, tamerlan, and his -- and only the homeland security committee knew about it. he got back in without anybody knowing about it. and why did the russians feel it necessary to contact two different agencies of government and express their concern? and what were those concerns? so there's a great deal that needs to be investigated. and remember, wolf, that when we did the 9/11 commission and restructured government, one of the major objectives was to make sure
and everything responsible, however this suspected radical islamist is able to go back to russia and dagestan without the fbi or cia being made aware of it even though homeland security was. i wonder if you want to comment on what senator lindsey graham is suggesting. this is a pretty blunt indictment of the obama administration's handling of these guys, these tsarnaev brothers in boston. >> i think senator graham raises very legitimate questions that require in my view congressional...
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nic robertson in dagestan for us, thanks so much. let's go back to zoraida in new york for the rest of the top stories. >> good morning, to you, john. so it's not every day a journeyman pro athlete breaks new ground. but jason collins did it with these twelve words. i'm a 34-year-old nba center, i'm black, and i'm gay. he's the first openly gay athlete in an american sport. and reaction coming out has been largely positive. more now from cnn's rachel nichols. >> reporter: for the past 12 seasons, jason collins has done the nba's dirty work. his seven foot, 255 pound frame protecting the basket night after night, with little or no recognition. but with his revelation in this week's "sports illustrated" that he's gay, that anonymity is over. in explaining his decision, collins said, quote, i've endured years of misery and gone to enormous lengths to live a lie. i was certain my world would fall apart if anyone knew. and yet when i acknowledged my sexuality, i felt whole for the first time. president obama called collins to say he was i
nic robertson in dagestan for us, thanks so much. let's go back to zoraida in new york for the rest of the top stories. >> good morning, to you, john. so it's not every day a journeyman pro athlete breaks new ground. but jason collins did it with these twelve words. i'm a 34-year-old nba center, i'm black, and i'm gay. he's the first openly gay athlete in an american sport. and reaction coming out has been largely positive. more now from cnn's rachel nichols. >> reporter: for the...
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>> all right, nick paton walsh in dagestan for us this morning. speaking to the mother of the suspect. nick, our thanks to you. >>> dzhokhar tsarnaev may have conveyed that there was no foreign terrorist groups that were involved in these attacks but there are certainly lingering questions like somehow do the brothers get their guns? how did they get the explosive supplies? barbara starr joins us from washington right now with that angle. what can you tell us? >> good morning, john. you're absolutely right. the claim by the younger brother, of course, is that they acted alone. but investigators want to know if there is someone, somewhere, who knows how they pulled it off. one week after authorities say that tsarnaev brothers atacked boston -- >> the two suspects were armed with handguns at the scene of the shoot-out. >> reporter: but neither brother had a license for a gun. a senior u.s. official says investigators are looking at the brothers' connections to any individuals or groups that might have trained them to make explosives, or supplied the
>> all right, nick paton walsh in dagestan for us this morning. speaking to the mother of the suspect. nick, our thanks to you. >>> dzhokhar tsarnaev may have conveyed that there was no foreign terrorist groups that were involved in these attacks but there are certainly lingering questions like somehow do the brothers get their guns? how did they get the explosive supplies? barbara starr joins us from washington right now with that angle. what can you tell us? >> good...
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>> a powerful, powerful exchange, on the ground in dagestan reporting for us that the mother of the suspects is going through and people here in boston are going through at the same time. we'll stay in touch with nick and get more. we're also hearing from the suspect's sisters for the first time. they put out a statement through their lawyer saying "our heart goes out to the victims of last week's bombing. it saddens us to see so many hurt from a callous act. as a family, we are absolutely devastated by the sense of loss and sorrow that this has caused. we don't have any answers but look forward to a thorough investigation and hope to learn more. we ask the media to respect our privacy during this time. >>> coming up, wounded war veterans offering some hope and inspiration to some of the bomb victims. [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with tide pods. just one pac has the stain removal power of 6 caps of the bargain brand. pop in. stand out. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone w
>> a powerful, powerful exchange, on the ground in dagestan reporting for us that the mother of the suspects is going through and people here in boston are going through at the same time. we'll stay in touch with nick and get more. we're also hearing from the suspect's sisters for the first time. they put out a statement through their lawyer saying "our heart goes out to the victims of last week's bombing. it saddens us to see so many hurt from a callous act. as a family, we are...
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obviously we know tamerlan tsarnaev, the older brother who is now dead, spent six months abroad in dagestan and chechnya where there's a big jihadist movement. according to dzhokhar, the younger brother, no foreign group was involved. >> terrific reporting. again, though, this is just the information we're getting from initial communications with dzhokhar from the hospital. >> that's not to say the investigators necessarily believe what he's tell being them. but this is what he's telling them. >> thanks so much. >> we have an exclusive look this morning inside the precise tactic a s.w.a.t. team used to arrest dzhokhar tsarnaev. they did not know if he would pull out a weapon or explosive device. they described to anderson cooper how they subdued him. >> we got close enough that at one point where both of his hands were up because of the rocking back and forth, both of his hands were up, we could see that there were no weapons in them, no ignition devices we broke away from the shield protective cover. and we just rushed him. put hands on him, grabbed him and pulled him off the boat down ont
obviously we know tamerlan tsarnaev, the older brother who is now dead, spent six months abroad in dagestan and chechnya where there's a big jihadist movement. according to dzhokhar, the younger brother, no foreign group was involved. >> terrific reporting. again, though, this is just the information we're getting from initial communications with dzhokhar from the hospital. >> that's not to say the investigators necessarily believe what he's tell being them. but this is what he's...